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to press the small roots down towards the moisture.
I have also found that it is best to pasture the first
year only with calves or young stock, as older ones
pull it out of root. The second year and on, it will
stand pasturing and tramping without injury.
It gets better every year and is said to last twenty
years or more. This, however, I cannot say, as I
have only experimented with it for the last five
years and it gets better each season. I tried it
first on a high and dry clay ridge, a very poor piece
of land for the Palouse Country, because most any
thing will grow and do well in a garden. It gave
entire satisfaction. Then I sowed it on better land
with better results in proportion, until I have 25
acres of it. Will sow more as soon as the land is in
shape. It first comes in bunches, then a sprout runs
out from the main root about two inches horizontal
ly below the ground then turns up, in time forming
a solid sod. It has done well on all kinds of land
wherever it has been tried. Of course, the better
the land the better the results. It makes a fine hay
as well, yielding from one and a half to four tons
per acre. It will grow and do well on dry land and in
dry climates where other grasses fail. Its roots will
go down to the moisture, not through hardpan or
rock, however. When cut for hay it affords ff?od
pasture, coming again green from the root, stayug
green until covered by snow. Have sowed it on
scab land where the rains washed it in with fair re
sults. There is no more danger of its spreading and
doing gamage to other fields than any other grass.
Stock of all kinds prefer it to any other grass that
we have. It is a great hog pasture. Some people
prefer to sow it in the fall, others in spring and
sow wheat with it. I prefer spring sowing and to
sow alone, because in fall sowing the seed being
very light, it has a tendency to rot, and the wheat
starts so much quicker and stronger that it chokes
it out. It does not do much the first year. One acre
of it at two or three years old affords as much pas
ture as ten to twenty acres of bunch grass, owing
to the stand and soil.
"In conclusion, I heartily recommend it to any
one desiring a pasture, especially for dry land where
other grasses 'fail in the middle of the summer. It
will do well sown any time this month or next, and
even in May on damp land. Sow an acre of it and
raise your own seed and not be following the same
old rut that our forefathers did."
Gov. Hoard Will Attend.
Ellensburg, Wash., July 21, 1898.
Editor Ranch and Range, Seattle, Wash., Dear
Sir: We have just received a letter from Hon. W.
D. Hoard, president of the N. D. U., in Which he
says "you may bill me for your convention; will
give you one or two addresses and do what I can
to make myself useful in your convention." Of
course this is on the basis that transportation and
living expenses to Portland, Or., and return are
paid. Now as to transportation, Prof. W. J. Spill
man writes me "that he has word from the North
ern Pacific people to the effect that they will rec
ommend the granting of transportation from St.
Paul and return to Mr. Hoard when needed. Mr.
Cooper and Mr. Phipps both promise this and I
have no doubt about getting it." So much for trans
portation, and I have pledged for his other ex
penses as follows: A. M. Stevens, $5; E. Maddux,
$5; W. C. Hay ward, $3; J. P. Sharp, $5; J. C. Good
win $5; R. P. Tjossem and son, $5; B. F. Reed, $5;
S. W. Barns, $2; Andrew Ford, $1; J. C. Poland, $5;
F J. Cheal, $2.50; James Hart, $5; Grinrod, $2; J.
A Woll, $5; W. J. Spillman, $5; Mrs. Montgomery,
$1; Thomas Haly, $5; making a total of $66.50. It
will probably cost $25 or $30 more, as it will cost
from his home to St. Paul and return $20. We feel
confident the balance can be made up at the con-
NEW POTATOES.
We sold about a CARLOAD OF NEW SPUDS last week, and hope all you farmers will take advantage
ofThVhfgh prices now prevailing, and LET US HAVE[SUFFICIENT SHIPMENTS t^ c
supplies coming from outside states. We have to ship in EGGS, CHICKENS AND BUTTER but
there is no excuse for shipping in Spuds. Write us, ship us your Eggs, Chickens Fruits and Vegetables.
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--MARK SHIPMENTS, C B. A., Seattle, That's all's Necessary.
RANCH AND RANGE.
-vention, but if any person wishes to contribute to
the expense fund they can kindly send me their
names and the amount they wish to give, and due
notice will be taken. We have appointed Prof. W.
J. Spillman, of Pullman, J. A. Woll, Seattle, and
Guy MacL Richards, of Tacoma, committee on pro
gramme, and they can call to their assistance such
names as they desire.
All persons interested in the dairy interests of
the state are cordially invited to join forces and
make the coming convention in Ellensburg an epoch
,n ,he history of the .W*^ M . STEVENS,
Yankee Goods Wanted.
Hon. J. H. Schively, secretary of the Board 01
Trade of Seattle, hands us the following self
explanatory letter. It is probable that enterpris
ing seedsmen, stockmen, dealers in agricultural im
plements, etc., can obtain some good business from
this Chinese nobleman. We suggest that those who
handle these lines, mail their catalogues and price
lists to the addresses given below:
Shanghai, China, July 2, 1898.
Secretary Board of Trade, Seattle, Wash.:
Dear Sir—A Chinese mandarin, a friend of mine,
wishes to go in for improved agriculture, etc., and
is likely to buy some thousands of dollars' worth
of seeds, farm implements, stock, etc.
Will you kindly send notice to the following
classes of persons in your knowledge, and ask
them to send me catalogues, price-lists and so on:
Horticulturists, seedsmen and florists, nurserymen,
manufacturers of or agents for agricultural ma
chinery, plows, drills, wind mills, etc.; breeders
or at least owners of improved (if thoroughbred,
all the better) stock, swine, sheep, cattle, etc.; man
ufacturers or agents of fertilizers, and any other
line you may think of.
W. P. BENTLEY.
It's a Shame.
E. O. Keck, a hardware merchant at North Yak
ima, thinks he has a grievance against a leading
nurseryman who sold him, two years ago, a large
number of trees, guaranteed to be Moorpark apri
cots. Something over 100 of the lot—a good many
more than one-half—have come into bearing, and
instead of producing the large, luscious fruit of thai,
variety, they are insignificant green things about
the size of marbles. Naturally Mr. Keck had blood
in his eye when he showed a representative some
specimens of them, and there is no doubt that thai,
nurseryman's reputation will get a blackening blast
unless later developments exonerate him. If wiU
go hard with him if so, but Mr. Keek's grievance is
a big one and the punishment certainly ought to bt.
big enough to fit the crime. There is plenty of time
to publish the name later, so that every one will
know who the nurseryman is when further particu
lars are known.
During the last month, which was a prosperous
one, the New Whatcom creamery manufactured
(5,947 pounds of butter. The receipts from the sale of
the butter was 1,255.46, and the creamery paid $94(5
to the patrons during the month. At present over
40 patrons are furnishing cream, with additional
ones being added every month. All of last month's
product was sold to home consumers. The cream
ery now has 11 separators working in different partr,
of the county, and one station at Everson and an
other at Clearbrook. I. A. Gilmore has charge of.
the creamery.
The United States Department of Agriculture re
ports that the average condition of spring and win-
ter wheat combined is 89.4, which is 4.5 points
higher than at the corresponding date last year, anrt
6 points higher than on July 1, 1896. The propor
tion of the wheat crop of 1897 reported as still in
the hands of the farmers on July 1, 1898, is 3.36 per
cent. Of the 50,000,000 bushels harvested in the
two Dakotas, less than 500,000 bushels remain. A
few important wheat-producing states, however,
report from 4 to 7 per cent of their respective crops
as still undisposed of.
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